UPDATED: Red Hat Certs To Refocus on Enterprise
10/1/2003 -- With the recent announcement that Red Hat will forego formal development on Red Hat Linux in order to focus its energies on its Red Hat Enterprise Linux, it appears that the company's Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT) certifications will also be restructured around the company's Enterprise Linux.
Up until now, the RHCE and RHCT have used the most recent version of Red Hat Linux for the lab exams. The current exams focus on Red Hat Linux 9, the core of which was released to the open source community last week as part of the Fedora Project.
While Red Hat has yet to formerly announce how the change will affect the certification program, the following post found mid-way through the company's RHCE FAQ appears to confirm that the certs will now test candidates' Red Hat Enterprise Linux skills:
"The validity period for all RHCEs and RHCTs is now officially pegged to the release of the Enterprise product commercially available at the time certification was earned, and certification shall be current until after one (1) major release of the Enterprise product. All RHCEs earned on Red Hat Linux 7.3 or prior will be considered current until the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 4. All RHCEs and RHCTs earned on Red Hat Linux 8.0 or 9 will remain current until the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5."
An article published yesterday on LinuxJournal.com was the first to confirm that the titles would be changed due to the Fedora merger.
Red Hat has not responded to CertCities.com's requests for comment on this story.
The RHCE is a high-level title featuring a hands-on lab exam. It has made CertCities.com's list of Top 10 Hottest Certifications for the past two years.
The RHCT is a mid-level title, also with a lab exam. Red Hat debuted this certification in November.
CertCities.com will continue to update this story as more information becomes available. For more on the Fedora Project and how its expected to impact Red Hat as a whole, use the article link above or go to www.redhat.com.  -Becky Nagel
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